The origin of the differing tilts in the orbits of the planets in our solar system may have been revealed through the ...

Scientists have developed a new technique that could help them understand "polka dot" stars using the transits of exoplanets.

Astronomers found hidden cosmic channels, like tunnels, connecting our solar system to distant stars, reshaping views of ...

The interstellar network is sustained by the explosive life cycles of stars that generate powerful solar winds. Past research ...

Discovered last month by a telescope in Chile, the comet known as 3I-Atlas is only the third known interstellar object to ...

The immensity of space makes it impossible for humans to discover every hiding place the universe holds. Its infinitude makes ...

When trying to understand Earth’s evolution, scientists sometimes rewind Solar System simulations to understand our planet’s past orbit—but these simulations don’t take other stars into ...

The star is surrounded by a protoplanetary disk, and this disk is the first evidence of debris condensing into what will eventually become planets and other objects. Observing this early phase of ...

Bennu's parent body is part of the Polana family of asteroids. A history of collisions created Bennu, and its original parent ...

The superclouds probably produce star-forming clouds of gas, since most nearby stellar nurseries are located within the giants.

A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday.Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx samples from asteroid Bennu reveal stardust, water-driven chemistry, and clues to life’s origins in the ...